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New owner Chris Parker gives Eduardo's Tavern a makeover, but the patriotic color scheme stays.

Charles Darden , Hampton's top jazz cabaret singer, is preparing to unveil a new album and he plans to celebrate the release with a performance Dec.

Illinois native Eric Alexander , a mainstay of New York's hard-bop scene, wasn't yet born when saxophonists like John Coltrane, George Coleman, and Dexter Gordon were creating some of their greatest work in the 60s - he's 41 - but like other young players he's absorbed their music through recordings.

Swiss pianist Stewy von Wattenwyl blasts into this high energy set, Live at Marians , with a blistering one-two punch of Wes Montgomery 's "Fried Pies" and John Coltrane 's "Moments Notice." The leader pounds the keys in a McCoy Tyner mode, and saxophonist Eric Alexander sounds raw and just barely tamed.

Pat Martino, & His Organ Quartet featuring saxophonist, Eric Alexander, will perform at Chris' Jazz Cafe on December 4 and 5, 2009.

After a three-year absence, the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition returned to Washington on Sunday night and gave local fans plenty to cheer about. For the world of jazz, the glittering gala and competition are Oscar night and 'American Idol' finals rolled into one -- though with a much higher level of talent.

Since its founding in 1987, the annual contest, sponsored by the Washington-based Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, has become the most prestigious competition in the world for aspiring jazz musicians. Focusing on a different instrument each year, it has become the equivalent of the Van Cliburn and Tchaikovsky competitions in classical music. Past winners and finalists, such as Joshua Redman, Jane Monheit and Eric Alexander, have become the new stars of jazz.

One of the more distinctive voices among a new breed of Hammond B-3 organ players on the jazz scene, Sam Yahel has earned the top spot in Down Beat's annual International Critics Poll as a Talent Deserving Of Recognition for the past four consecutive years.

SOURCE: NPR Music: Jazz The nucleus of One for All took shape a decade ago in New York, at the Upper West Side restaurant Augie's. Drummer Joe Farnsworth ran a great jam session there, and One for All coalesced around that scene.

Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander led his sharp and muscular quintet in a spirited opening of the 22nd season at A Place for Jazz on Friday at the First Unitarian Society of Schenectady.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

Woody has been a jazz fan for about 30 years, starting with the diverse sounds of Maynard Ferguson's bands of the 1970s.

Woody has been a jazz fan for about 30 years, starting with the diverse sounds of Maynard Ferguson's bands of the 1970s.

STANFORD, CA: Artistic excellence, intimate venues and a welcoming atmosphere define the Stanford Jazz Festival experience, making it unique place where jazz listeners of every generation can gather and feel at home.

There is active dispute over whether guitarist Pat Martino 's playing has the drive and edge it had before his brain surgery in 1980.

Considered one of the top jazz tenor sax players of our time, Eric Alexander and his quartet laid down a heavy be-bop style show at the Douglas Beach House in Half Moon Bay, California on May 10th 2009.